Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Confessions of a Soldier ❯ Chapter Four ( Chapter 4 )
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By: TeeToTheFa 
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.05.2007 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.4K | Visits: 195 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.05.2007 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.4K | Visits: 195 | Status: Completed
Disclaimer: Don’t own Gundam Wing.... don’t sue
Warning: Duo’s got a bad mouth.....
Chapter Four: Howard
“My first night out of that prison was one that I didn’t sleep.. No, I spent that night devising future plans... I was determined to live out what others weren’t able to.. I was going to live for my mother, I was going to become a great human being for Solo-chan.. And I was going to change the world for Father Maxwell and Sister Helen... I had my mind set out... Ground rule number one flashed at me like a beacon on the sea.. I definitely needed to get off that skanky colony.. I just knew that I had to start my conquest, what ever it was, I hadn’t worked that part out yet, on earth, and there was no way that I had the money, or time to make the money, to get on a shuttle out of that hell hole.. So, I allowed my mind to revert back into it’s thieving period...and I snuck onto the first ship that was heading towards earth, or, towards a place that I could possibly get to earth from.
My escape shuttle was the Yankee, a sweeper ship that was owned by the old guy named Howard. At the time that I snuck onto the ship, I didn’t know that he was in league with a few people involved with operation meteor... I wasn’t well informed, and my mind had been set on it ever since I heard that it was heading to the place I wanted to go.. So, I snuck in with a few of the Yankee’s goods and waited out the docking.. I managed to sneak into what was a food storage room.. I couldn’t tell you how I fell asleep... with the adrenaline rushing through my veins, I would have been able to lift at least two gundams....
When I awoke, I studied my surroundings... it seemed as if the food hall was at the very back of the ship.. That was good for me... considering I knew that the bridge would be up front of the vessel... I decided that it was time for me to leave my hiding spot and scout it out... However, that was another mistake.. I was so blinded by the excitement of my success, that I didn’t see the people coming down the hallway, and I didn’t hear them yell at me... and I didn’t exactly feel the hit until my head began to hurt.. Then it hit me “ well shit.. I was caught...”....”
Duo managed to glare at the older man before him. Spiky white hair framed an aged face, saucy blue eyes were hidden beneath a very round pair of sunglasses... and the man was wearing a pair of khaki shorts and a Hawaiian top... he glared right back at the young man.
‘How the hell did you get on here?” he asked as Duo struggled against his holders.
“Easy gramps, found an opening in your security, shut down a few wires, and botta-bing I was here before you even had half of your cargo packed...” he said as one of the men holding him elbowed him hard in the chest. Duo jsut groaned... and then.. The man before him let out a guttural laugh that sounded too young for him.
‘”I like your spunk kid, it takes a genius to get through my security... what’s your name kid?” he asked
“Duo... Duo Maxwell... and I ma run and I may hide, but you’ll never get a lie outta me...” he said as the man laughed again.
“Name’s Howard... and Maxwell eh? As in Maxwell’s demon?” he asked as Duo brushed off his arms.
“Demon? No.. I’m Shinigami pal.. Get it right” he said, poking him in the chest.
“Shinigami eh? Well... welcome aboard hotstuff, you’re hired..”
“Well, I think it’s pretty self-explanatory... from then on I became the old man’s... apprentice if you will.. And you all know howard, he’s a machine nut to boot, so, it was no surprise when I began to take up mechanics and stuff like that... and I learn quickly, so, within the next year or so.. I knew the ship in and out, I knew about the operations against he war, and I was able to spruce up a rickety old Mazda to make it rumble like a thousand mustangs”
The boys grinned at each other.. At one point in time, they had all had the pleasure of being aquatinted with Howard.. And on all of those occasions, they had witnessed a sort of, apprentice and master sort of relationship between the two American... it was their belief that Duo and Howard were constantly at each other’s throats with insults and teasing remarks because of the deep respect and care that the two of hem shared.... however, there were times that they thought that their logic had been wrong, like the time Duo has switched the old man’s shampoo with pink hair dye... Howard had walked around the ship with a rather large monkey wrench in his hand, searching for a boy that knew when it was time to hide.
“At least we know where he get’s his nack for machinery and mechanics...” Wufei said in a sort of nostalgic way... it had always mad him feel... something about the braided pilot.. Maybe respect of some sort, when he saw him working on an old car, or working on his gundam... he might have been envious too... because the braided baka had always done so in such compassion and elegance, like he didn’t want to hurt the gunda, or piece of machinery he happened to be working on...
“Well.. Everything seemed to go on normally for a long time.. And I started to drop part of the facade that I had erected... Howard had kept me so busy, that I didn’t have time to think over my past... and once again, that little phrase had come back to e in full circle.”Live for today, yesterday was yesterday, and tomorrow will come, only worry about the here and now” so I didn’t really care, I was living alive, which is much better than living dead... if you can understand that concept...”
They did.. Living alive was something they had come up with in the heat of the war, the peak where everything seemed to be hitting them on full force... “living alive” meant that they were taking each step as it came, they were doing the very best that they individually could... “Living dead” was exactly the same... you were alive... you were breathing... but you had lost the light in your eyes, lost the will to move on and fight for what you dreamt in....and out of the five of them,.... Duo had always been the one to live alive the most.. Taking in things.. And keeping the seriously optimistic view on everything... it was going to be so hard in the future to come.... to not walk through life, without the American there, telling them stories, goofing around... and keeping their low spirits up.....
“Well, that didn’t last as long as it could... because my snooping got me into trouble again–okay, so it wasn’t exactly trouble... but we wouldn’t have become friends had I not done it in the first place...”
Another chapter for my wonderful readers ^^ again, sorry for the delay, as I said eralier, I’ve been losing sleep, I’ve got problems with my teeth and they are buggin me... not only that, we’re putting together a reception for me ungrateful sister -gets dizzy- it’s too much.. But, I shall and will remain loyal to you all ^^ I hope ii’m keeping everything as in character as I can!! R&R please k thanks ^^ Lurve j00 all
Warning: Duo’s got a bad mouth.....
Chapter Four: Howard
“My first night out of that prison was one that I didn’t sleep.. No, I spent that night devising future plans... I was determined to live out what others weren’t able to.. I was going to live for my mother, I was going to become a great human being for Solo-chan.. And I was going to change the world for Father Maxwell and Sister Helen... I had my mind set out... Ground rule number one flashed at me like a beacon on the sea.. I definitely needed to get off that skanky colony.. I just knew that I had to start my conquest, what ever it was, I hadn’t worked that part out yet, on earth, and there was no way that I had the money, or time to make the money, to get on a shuttle out of that hell hole.. So, I allowed my mind to revert back into it’s thieving period...and I snuck onto the first ship that was heading towards earth, or, towards a place that I could possibly get to earth from.
My escape shuttle was the Yankee, a sweeper ship that was owned by the old guy named Howard. At the time that I snuck onto the ship, I didn’t know that he was in league with a few people involved with operation meteor... I wasn’t well informed, and my mind had been set on it ever since I heard that it was heading to the place I wanted to go.. So, I snuck in with a few of the Yankee’s goods and waited out the docking.. I managed to sneak into what was a food storage room.. I couldn’t tell you how I fell asleep... with the adrenaline rushing through my veins, I would have been able to lift at least two gundams....
When I awoke, I studied my surroundings... it seemed as if the food hall was at the very back of the ship.. That was good for me... considering I knew that the bridge would be up front of the vessel... I decided that it was time for me to leave my hiding spot and scout it out... However, that was another mistake.. I was so blinded by the excitement of my success, that I didn’t see the people coming down the hallway, and I didn’t hear them yell at me... and I didn’t exactly feel the hit until my head began to hurt.. Then it hit me “ well shit.. I was caught...”....”
Duo managed to glare at the older man before him. Spiky white hair framed an aged face, saucy blue eyes were hidden beneath a very round pair of sunglasses... and the man was wearing a pair of khaki shorts and a Hawaiian top... he glared right back at the young man.
‘How the hell did you get on here?” he asked as Duo struggled against his holders.
“Easy gramps, found an opening in your security, shut down a few wires, and botta-bing I was here before you even had half of your cargo packed...” he said as one of the men holding him elbowed him hard in the chest. Duo jsut groaned... and then.. The man before him let out a guttural laugh that sounded too young for him.
‘”I like your spunk kid, it takes a genius to get through my security... what’s your name kid?” he asked
“Duo... Duo Maxwell... and I ma run and I may hide, but you’ll never get a lie outta me...” he said as the man laughed again.
“Name’s Howard... and Maxwell eh? As in Maxwell’s demon?” he asked as Duo brushed off his arms.
“Demon? No.. I’m Shinigami pal.. Get it right” he said, poking him in the chest.
“Shinigami eh? Well... welcome aboard hotstuff, you’re hired..”
“Well, I think it’s pretty self-explanatory... from then on I became the old man’s... apprentice if you will.. And you all know howard, he’s a machine nut to boot, so, it was no surprise when I began to take up mechanics and stuff like that... and I learn quickly, so, within the next year or so.. I knew the ship in and out, I knew about the operations against he war, and I was able to spruce up a rickety old Mazda to make it rumble like a thousand mustangs”
The boys grinned at each other.. At one point in time, they had all had the pleasure of being aquatinted with Howard.. And on all of those occasions, they had witnessed a sort of, apprentice and master sort of relationship between the two American... it was their belief that Duo and Howard were constantly at each other’s throats with insults and teasing remarks because of the deep respect and care that the two of hem shared.... however, there were times that they thought that their logic had been wrong, like the time Duo has switched the old man’s shampoo with pink hair dye... Howard had walked around the ship with a rather large monkey wrench in his hand, searching for a boy that knew when it was time to hide.
“At least we know where he get’s his nack for machinery and mechanics...” Wufei said in a sort of nostalgic way... it had always mad him feel... something about the braided pilot.. Maybe respect of some sort, when he saw him working on an old car, or working on his gundam... he might have been envious too... because the braided baka had always done so in such compassion and elegance, like he didn’t want to hurt the gunda, or piece of machinery he happened to be working on...
“Well.. Everything seemed to go on normally for a long time.. And I started to drop part of the facade that I had erected... Howard had kept me so busy, that I didn’t have time to think over my past... and once again, that little phrase had come back to e in full circle.”Live for today, yesterday was yesterday, and tomorrow will come, only worry about the here and now” so I didn’t really care, I was living alive, which is much better than living dead... if you can understand that concept...”
They did.. Living alive was something they had come up with in the heat of the war, the peak where everything seemed to be hitting them on full force... “living alive” meant that they were taking each step as it came, they were doing the very best that they individually could... “Living dead” was exactly the same... you were alive... you were breathing... but you had lost the light in your eyes, lost the will to move on and fight for what you dreamt in....and out of the five of them,.... Duo had always been the one to live alive the most.. Taking in things.. And keeping the seriously optimistic view on everything... it was going to be so hard in the future to come.... to not walk through life, without the American there, telling them stories, goofing around... and keeping their low spirits up.....
“Well, that didn’t last as long as it could... because my snooping got me into trouble again–okay, so it wasn’t exactly trouble... but we wouldn’t have become friends had I not done it in the first place...”
Another chapter for my wonderful readers ^^ again, sorry for the delay, as I said eralier, I’ve been losing sleep, I’ve got problems with my teeth and they are buggin me... not only that, we’re putting together a reception for me ungrateful sister -gets dizzy- it’s too much.. But, I shall and will remain loyal to you all ^^ I hope ii’m keeping everything as in character as I can!! R&R please k thanks ^^ Lurve j00 all